Table A6-1
Packages and Expedited Received - by Delivery Company
(Percentage of Pieces Received by Households)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2007 and 2008
(Diary Data)
DELIVERY _NAME_ _LABEL_ COL1 COL2
  PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency  
First-Class and Priority PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 29.64238 31.43052
Express Mail PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 0.991707 1.390279
Standard Mail Regular PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 21.1946 19.18261
Standard Mail Regular Enhanced Carrier Route PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 0.727965 0.490305
Carrier Percent Standard Mail Regular Not Flat-Machinable PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 0.566484 2.049422
1987 2007 2008 Standard Mail Nonprofit PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 2.002246 0.983274
United States Postal Service:       Standard Mail Nonprofit Enhanced Carrier Route PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 0.086572 0.012425
First-Class and Priority 15.4 29.6 31.4 Standard Mail Nonprofit Not Flat-Machinable PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 0.211413 0.238484
Express Mail 0.7 1.0 1.4 Non-DBMC Parcel Post PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 2.207614 2.552388
Third-Class Single Piece 2.3 N/A N/A DBMC Parcel Post PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 4.956039 4.949023
Standard Mail Total 25.1 24.8 23.0 Bound Printed Matter - Total PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 8.940221 8.297803
Standard Mail Regular 25.1 21.2 19.2 Special Standard Mail 1 PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 3.640199 3.183089
Standard Mail Regular Enhanced Carrier Route N/A 0.7 0.5 Library Rate PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 0.260967 0.104293
Standard Mail Regular Not Flat-Machinable N/A 0.6 2.0 Other/Can't classify PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 2.019874 1.388694
Standard Mail Nonprofit N/A 2.0 1.0 No answer PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 0.665457 1.385409
Standard Mail Nonprofit Enhanced Carrier Route N/A 0.1 0.0 United Parcel Service -- Next Day Air PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 0.558735 0.639001
Standard Mail Nonprofit Not Flat-Machinable N/A 0.2 0.2 United Parcel Service -- Second Day Air PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 1.780828 1.518007
Parcel Post - Total 4.9 7.2 7.5 United Parcel Service -- 3 Day Select/Ground PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 12.24525 12.51431
Non-DBMC Parcel Post 4.9 2.2 2.6 Federal Express PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 4.029302 4.900329
DBMC Parcel Post N/A 5.0 4.9 DHL/Airborne PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 1.263774 1.659893
Bound Printed Matter - Total 8.9 8.9 8.3 Other PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 0.495037 0.539343
Single Piece Bound Printed Matter 2.9 N/A N/A Don't know/no answer PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 1.513339 0.591092
Bulk Rate Bound Printed Matter 6.0 N/A N/A MEAN   0.438053 0.427723
Special Standard Mail 1 9.7 3.6 3.2  
Library Rate 0.1 0.3 0.1  
Other/Can't classify 1.1 2.0 1.4  
No answer 3.4 0.7 1.4  
Total USPS 71.7 78.1 77.6  
Other Carriers:        
United Parcel Service Total 23.6 14.6 14.7  
United Parcel Service -- Next Day Air 1.6 0.6 0.6  
United Parcel Service -- Second Day Air 0.9 1.8 1.5  
United Parcel Service -- 3 Day Select/Ground 21.1 12.2 12.5  
Federal Express 0.3 4.0 4.9  
Emery 0.0 N/A N/A  
Roadway 0.1 N/A N/A  
DHL/Airborne N/A 1.3 1.7  
Other 0.5 0.5 0.5  
Total Other Carriers 27.8 20.4 21.8  
Don't know/no answer 3.6 1.5 0.6  
Total  100.0 100.0 100.0  
Total Packages Per Household 0.3 0.4 0.4 MEAN  
1 Special Standard Mail includes Media Mail.